

Kiera Allison
Assistant Professor of Commerce
- ka6x@virginia.edu
- Rouss & Robertson Halls 201
- Ph.D., English, University of Virginia
- B.A., English, University of Toronto
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led certificate programs provide key business skills and fluency in specific business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led certificate programs provide key business skills and fluency in specific business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
Professor Allison teaches Management Communication, with a focus on public speaking, team writing, dialogue, and multimodal communication.
Her research merges social cognitive theory, performance studies, and voice-based rhetoric to explore the ways that people work, play, and communicate in groups. She is especially interested in the impacts of collaboration and vocalization on college writing education. With the support of UVA’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars program, she recently launched a multiyear study investigating the link between social learning and students’ overall confidence in writing and public speaking.
Prior to joining McIntire, Professor Allison taught courses in writing, literature, health humanities, and science communications at Emory University and the Department of English at UVA. She holds a doctoral degree in English Literature, and continues to write and publish on Victorian poetry and rhythm, Wagnerian opera, and Freudian psychoanalysis.